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Newspaper

San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

May 04, 1913

Page

37

Prominent Vaudeville Lineup At The Plaza This Week

Joseph E. Howard world famed composer and star appears with Mabel McCane in a seven act vaudeville bill. Mrs Gene Hughes presents Youth with a strong supporting company. Barley’s Bulldog dogs entertain with a dog music hall act. Fred Gray and Nellie Graham offer The Musical Bell Boy with saxophone and dancing. The event features a diverse program highlighted by humor, music, and novelty acts.

Joseph E. Howard Mabel McCane Gene Hughes and Company Bailey’s Bulldogs Gray & Graham Halligan & Sykes The Longworths Reid Sisters Gene Hughes Antonio Avery Barley Mary Barley Miss Barley Fred Gray Nellie Graham

Dixie Girls' Musical Comedy Company at the Star

The Star Theater extends fourteen weeks of Griffith Musical Comedy action and awaits Dixie Girls' Company led by Charles Brewer with Al Stevens continuing his praised run. The cast includes George Galloway Caroline Bell Edna Galloway and a strong chorus among about 800 costumes. The opening bill The Bouncer promises continuous laughs with special scenery to elevate the proceedings.

Star Theater The Griffith Musical Comedy Company Dixie Girls’ Musical Comedy Company Star Dixie Girls’ Company Charles Brewer Emery Musical Atlanta Birmingham Ala San Antonians al Stevens George Galloway Caroline Bell Edna Galoway

Vaudeville Night Bills At Grand Theater

Mr Gray presents Baby Dolores and burlesque dancing with the Longworths offering a dainty singing act. The Reid Sisters perform acrobatic whirlwind dancing, Halligan and Sykes bring refined entertainment, while Billy Halligan and Miss Dama Sykes add a lively chuck full of material.

Halligan Sykes Billy Halligan Dama Sykes

Suzann Carter Musical Company at the Royal Theater

The Royal Theater presents the Suzann Carter Musical Comedy Company with The Jolly Widow next week. Four shows daily at 2 45, 4 15, 8 15 and 9 45 p m with a Sunday continuous performance, plus four reels of first class moving pictures.

The Royal Theater Suzann Carter Suzann Carter Company the Royal

The Fighting Chaplain Civil War Drama Summary

A Vermont minister joins a New England regiment as chaplain and rallies troops amid a brutal battle. Marian, a patriotic fiancée, helps at the front as her father is wounded and the chaplain carries him to safety. A heart theme threads through heroic action.

Kalem Company Vermont John Barlow New England Marian Lincoln Barlow

Balloon Travels With Camera Man From Rome to Verona

A dirigible left Rome on Friday morning and arrived in Verona in the afternoon covering 295 miles at 32 miles per hour. The Italian made balloon carries two 62 horsepower motors and used benzine for a fifteen hour journey. It ascended over 2000 feet while crossing the Apennines to test filming from high altitude for moving pictures by Essanay Film Manufacturing. Announcements of results will follow.

Rome Italy Verona Apennines Essanay Film Manufacturing Company

Vanderbilt Mansion Condemned In Stapleton Staten Island

The old New York mansion of Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt on Staten Island at Union Place and Bay Street, Stapleton, has been condemned by the board of health. The two story frame and brick structure is said to be over a century old and sits on an acre of land considered one of the island’s most valuable parcels.

New York Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt Staten Island Union Place Bay Street Stapleton Board of Health

Exposition Park Draws Families to San Antonio Pleasant Afternoon

At Exposition Park in San Antonio families find a quiet, pleasant retreat with live oaks and ample seating. New features include a modern galloping horse merry go round a penny arcade a German village restaurant and a host of amusements and rides drawing increasing daily crowds to picnics playgrounds and entertainment in the park.

San Antonio Exposition Park

Plantation show closes successful state tour in San Antonio

A genuine plantation show wrapped up a statewide tour and arrives in San Antonio as a premier attraction. The theater promises ample ventilation and fresh air, aiming to attract broad public approval and high attendance.

Ernoon San Antonio

Chance Day Picture to Film Chance Highlanders Parade in Chicago

Selig Polyscope plans exclusive motion pictures of Frank Chance Day on May 17 when the New York Highlanders visit Chicago. A grand parade with 1000 touring cars and a 60 piece band will escort Chance to White Sox Park amid bands, quartets, and vaudeville acts. Film crews will capture the parade, game, and celebration for release after May 17.

Selig Polyscope Company Frank Chance Chicago New York Highlanders Chance White Sox Park Selig

Also Mentioned on This Page

Howard An Antonio Mabel Arrison Guenther Street Oward Mr. Howard Gray and Graham Austin S. A Morris Block & CO E. Houston W. Houston St Musigale Organ Fund Laurel Heights Methodist Church Dixie Girls—At the Star Baby Dolores the Grand Mr. Gray the Longworths Mrs. Longworth Mr. Longworth Reid Plaza’s Comedienne Suzann Carter In Jolly Widow Hot Wells Prof Walter H. Pollett Headline Plaza Playbill J. E. Howard and Mabed McCane Dixie Girls’ Musical Comedy CO Grand Opera House Carnegie Alaska-Siberia Motion Pictures George Leonard Bigelow Campbell Rayden Vaudevinle Bill Joseph Howard Sovcorenne Abel M’cane Joe Howard Bull Dogs Tour of the World Bell Boy Halligan and Sykes OL Childrens Matinee
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